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This started my morning with a laugh (Original Post) Siwsan Apr 2024 OP
Yup... 2naSalit Apr 2024 #1
See my post #7. 3catwoman3 Apr 2024 #8
I can personally verify this as a fact. LoisB Apr 2024 #2
This is my truth irisblue Apr 2024 #3
LOL! I'm also a member of that club! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2024 #4
Count me in. Oh so true. Prairie_Seagull Apr 2024 #5
brain cramp. brain fart. AllaN01Bear Apr 2024 #6
There's actually a name for this, and it's not Alzheimer's - event boundary. 3catwoman3 Apr 2024 #7
'Event boundary'..Thank you! whathehell Apr 2024 #10
Interesting! ShazzieB Apr 2024 #11
Been there done that! KS Toronado Apr 2024 #9

2naSalit

(92,009 posts)
1. Yup...
Tue Apr 30, 2024, 07:51 AM
Apr 2024

Happens every day! Whatever it was that made sense ten feet ago...

Might come back in a minute, an hour or never.

AllaN01Bear

(22,913 posts)
6. brain cramp. brain fart.
Tue Apr 30, 2024, 09:39 AM
Apr 2024

i knew a guy who could tell u every detail of the american civil war and not remember when he took his meds . now passed over the rainbow bridge.

3catwoman3

(25,344 posts)
7. There's actually a name for this, and it's not Alzheimer's - event boundary.
Tue Apr 30, 2024, 09:55 AM
Apr 2024

Basically, when we relocate, our brains prepare for the next experience by forgetting the previous one. I was so relieved when I learned about this a few years ago, as I was beginning to worry about myself. I'd be in the kitchen and think of something I needed from upstairs, and by the time I'd get upstairs, I'd have no damn idea why I was there.

https://newsfeed.time.com/2011/11/21/the-boundary-effect-entering-a-new-room-makes-you-forget-things/

ShazzieB

(18,444 posts)
11. Interesting!
Tue Apr 30, 2024, 03:32 PM
Apr 2024

That would probably explain why going back to the room I started from tends to make the memory resurface!

It kind of feels like I left the memory behind in that other room, and when I return - "Oh, there it is!"

Then I walk back to the kitchen (or whatever the intended destination was), mentally repeating why I'm going there so I don't forget again.

This could also explain the "Where the hell did I park that damned car?" phenomenon.

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